How many World Wars have there been? This seems like an easy question. There were two: the first was WWI between 1914 and 1918, and the second was WWII between 1939 and 1945.
However, historians have suggested that there was a Third World War, which started in 1945 and ended in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union.
Although the USA and the Soviet Union had been allies during the Second World War, their political differences soon caused problems once the war was over. The Soviet Union was communist. The USA was capitalist. Both sides wanted the nations of the world to accept their political system. The opposition between them was termed as the Cold War.
At the end of World War II, America and the Soviet Union were the strongest countries left standing. There were major differences between them. The Soviet Union was a communist country, where the government controlled the economy, and was ruled by a brutal dictatorship. The United States was a democratic country with a free economy. But at first, they remained friends.
Once the war was over, many of the countries occupied by the Soviet Union soon had communist governments. The USA watched this spread of communism with growing concern, fearing a communist takeover of Europe. President Truman decided to send aid to European countries that were suffering badly after the war, to help keep them non-communist. He called this the Marshall Plan.
The Marshall Plan gave millions of dollars in aid to European countries. It provided everything from money, to food, to the railway cars needed to transport that food. The Soviet Union saw this as an attempt to ‘bribe’ these countries into staying capitalist. Cold War fears (communism might spread!!!) drove much US policy, at home and abroad, for many years. People were especially fearful of possible nuclear war, and the USA was desperate to keep the secret of making atomic bombs out of Soviet hands.
All people are treated equally and there is little private ownership.
In a communist government, the government owns and controls most everything including property, means of production, education, transportation, and agriculture.
Communism is a type of government and philosophy. Its goal is to form a society where everything is shared equally.
All people are treated equally and there is little private ownership.
In a communist government, the government owns and controls most everything including property, means of production, education, transportation, and agriculture.
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Something I didn't know before and just learned was that there were crowds upon crowds of people rejoicing over the final "end" triumph, although, there was still fighting going on in Eastern Germany. This war really seemed to have never ended in my opinion. But it was cool to see the unity of the Grand Alliance despite their major different opinions :)
ReplyDeleteSomething I learned was that the Soviet Union grew overtime and I also learned that Britain's leader change in between the time of the first meeting of the big three and the second.
ReplyDeleteWhat I did not know is how both the President and Dictator Stalin were so untrustworthy toward each other even though they worked together.
ReplyDeleteI found that interesting as well! It said they talked amongst themselves and worked out things ands yet they still didn’t trust each other. That would make it hard to communicate your ideas if you are always worried about giving something away.
Deletewhat i did not know was that, all the countries would kinda grow in time ...
ReplyDeletewhat i did not know was that, all the countries would kinda grow in time ...
ReplyDeleteSomething I didn't know is that before they became communist the nation was known as Russia.
ReplyDeleteI learned what was decided at the first conference; free elections in Poland, the creation of the united nations, and the fate of Germany.
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DeleteI learned that Joseph Stalin knew about America’s new bomb and that he had no intention of holding free elections in Poland.
ReplyDeleteyeah, its very interesting how the Russians got hold of that information. That's sort of what led to them creating their own bomb, What I was told was that the Russians had spies in our country and they had stolen/taken/copied (whatever one) our plans and that's how they came to get it themselves. At least that's what I'm told, I'm not 100% sure that's all true, but it makes a little sense :P
DeleteI learned that Karl Marx was the "originator" of communism in Europe.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I didn't know was that in the video it had said that the Prime minister of England thought that they should trust Stalin and let him take Poland. that was very interesting to me.
ReplyDeletewell technically my fact that I learned I knew from Mrs. Tvedt's writing but I found it interesting that some people view the cold war as world war 3 even though there was no gunfire or death.
ReplyDeleteI never realized that Communism actually had a founder, I just thought it was a type of government and not as much an idea.
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ReplyDeleteI did not know that in the 1900's there were no communist governments!
ReplyDelete^^Oops, IN 1900. :P
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